Pakistan should not press the panic button, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mudassar-Nazar-c77867 – Cricket News Update
The former cricketer from Pakistan, Mudassar Nazar, has urged the Men in Green to stay calm as there is no need to press the panic button just as yet. The 55-year-old has advised Pakistan not to overreact to the 4-0 whitewash in the
ODI series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test rankings 3-0, but they have endured a similar feat in the ODI series, and allowed the visitors to make amends for the Test series.
Nazar believes that the Pakistan team’s debacle was the result of poor selection of the final XI. The former cricketer is of the view that the Men in Green have potential in their squad, but they need to pick the right combination,
if they want to pose any threat to the opposition.
He said, “The slump was the result of bad team selection. Pakistan never played with the right combination. These players are good enough to win matches but need to be played in the right combination. Yes, there are problems but they
need to be fixed rather than overreacting to the loss. We need to sit and analyse what the problem was; there is no need to press the panic button”
The former cricket has urged the team management to sort out the opening positions, as throughout the series, the openers did not provide a solid start. Fitness was another problem that played its part in the defeats, and lastly their
most experienced batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325, did not play the last two games due to a flu bug.
Another Pakistani legend, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Qadir-c41605, also expressed his views on the defeat, saying that the strategy of playing a spin dominated attack, which was successful in the Tests, back fired in the ODI series.
He said, “I think Pakistan failed to take full advantage of the pitches for the one-dayers; we never changed our focus from the Tests to the ODIs as we kept on expecting spinners to play a key role.”
Qadir also acknowledged the exemplary never die attitude of the English contingent, adding that Pakistan should copy England and back bounce in the T20 series.
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